Muktha Balaga

Manthana, Dibbana are the previous two serials where the Audience were bowled out by the direction of Sri Sethuram, who has played various roles in earlier TN Seetharam Serials(mostly the irresponsible father roles). He has striked chords of human emotions resulting in an amazing kannada serial anaavaraNa.

This deals with gamut of scenarios of our Indian society. It wins the viewers choice for many reasons like the star cast, the script, the story line and the content of the serial. The story goes as below.

Sethuram and Sundarasri are old couple now living in the village who are parents of 4 children. First one is an IAS officer with a wife and daughter settled in the city working for Health dept as secretary. The daughter in the family is a rebet and principled who can’t tolerate the corrupt father but the wife of the IAS officer has the smart justifications.

The second son is an Architect and married to another Architect, both of them own a firm and are well to do. The wife here hails from a rich family and doesn’t really respect the middle class family views. The children study in boarding school with the virtue of being busy.

The third one is Smriti, the daughter who is a beautiful young lady. A Cardiologist by profession with grit and women strength. She stands apart from the normalcy with the fact that she lives with a daughter who is born as a result of her infactuation(or love) during college days. Smriti realizes that the boy whom she had fallen for is of no good and decides to stay away with him. However with the grit and principles she carries – she manages to save the baby against all the family wishes. So the entire family sees her as a villan for committing that mistake.

The fourth and the last boy is Mukunda who is a software engineer by profession married to another IT girl. He sounds more inferior craving for wife’s time and love which he is deprived of. The wife is from a middle class family(with the irresponsible father being a highlight there) who had hurdles during childhood and with her smart/intelligent personality – she grows as an ambitious engineer.

The Conversations between/among these characterstics touches different horizones of emotions. The script for the serial is the hero. The videos are available on video girmit and there is a facebook page avaialble too.

Happy Serial watching

-Veena

He is not sitting in office. He is sitting in a gambling house.

ಪಯಣಿಗ ಅನ್ನೋ ಅಲಿಯಾಸ್ ಹೆಸರು ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡಿರೋ ನಮ್ಮ ಹುಡುಗ ಪ್ರಶಾಂತ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದ. Ipswich ನಲ್ಲಿ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ೪ ದಿನ ಕಳೆದಾಗ ಅನ್ನಿಸಿದ್ದು…

ಈ ಹುಡುಗ ಎಷ್ಟು patience ಹೊಂದಿದಾನಲ್ಲಾ?
ಈತ ಎಷ್ಟು talented ಇದ್ದಾನಲ್ಲಾ?
ಈತನಲ್ಲಿರೋ Zeal towards life ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆ ಆಗುತ್ತೆ ಅಲ್ಲವಾ?

ನಮ್ಮ ಮನೇಲಿ ವೀಕೆಂಡ್ ಬಂದು ಉಳಿದುಕೊಂಡೋರಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಶಾಂತ್ ಮೊದಲನೆಯವರೂ ಅಲ್ಲ, ಕೊನೆಯವರೂ ಆಗೋಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ, he made those hours to count. Kids loved him so much, they were talking about him for next couple of days.

ಈ photo ಹೊಡೆಯೋ ಹುಡುಗನ photo ನಾನು ತೆಗೆದಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಹೇಗಿದೆ ನೋಡಿ.

ಹೀಗೆ ೧೫-೨೦ ದಿನಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ, ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ಕಛೇರಿಗೆ ಹೋಗ್ತಾ, ಎಫ್.ಎಮ್ ರೈನ್ ಬೋ ಕೇಳ್ತಾ ಕಾರ್ ಡ್ರೈ ಮಾಡ್ತಿದ್ದೆ.
ಪ್ರತಿ ಗುರುವಾರ ಬರುವ ಕಾಕಂಬಿ ನನಗೆ ಇಷ್ಟ ಆಗೋ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳಲ್ಲೊಂದು.

ಆ ದಿನ ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಒಡನಾಡಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾಪಕರಲ್ಲೊಬ್ಬರಾದ ಪ್ರಶಾಂತ್ ಸ್ಟ್ಯಾನ್ಲಿ ಅವರ ಸಂದರ್ಶನ ನಡೀತಾ ಇತ್ತು.

ಒಡನಾಡಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಸುಮಾರು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಕೆಲ್ಸ ಮಾಡ್ತ ಇದೆ. ಬೀದಿಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದವರನ್ನ ತಮ್ಮ ಸೂರಿನಡಿ ಸೇರಿಸಿ ಕೊಂಡು ಅವರು

ತಲುಪಬೇಕಾದ ದಡ ಸೇರಿಸೋದೆ ಅವರ ಗುರಿ. ಸ್ಟಾನ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಮೊದಲ ಕೆಲವು ದಿನಗಳ ಅನುಭವಗಳನ್ನ ಹಂಚಿಕೂಂಡ್ರು, ಅದರಲ್ಲೊಂದು ಹೀಗಿತ್ತು.

ಆಗಷ್ಟೆ ಒಡನಾಡಿ ಶುರು ಆಗಿತ್ತು, ಸುಮಾರು ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಕೆಲ್ಸ ನಡಿತಾ ಇತ್ತು, ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಇಂದ. ಆಂದೋಲನ ಇನ್ನಿತರೆ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಡ ಕೆಲ್ವು ಬರಹ ಗಳು ಬರೋಕ್ ಶುರು ಆಯ್ತು.

ಒಂಥರಾ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗು ಅಹಂ ಅನ್ನೋದು ಬಂದೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟಿತ್ತು ಆಷ್ಟ್ರಲ್ಲಿ (ಸಕ್ಸಸ್ ಅನ್ನೋದು ಮದ ತರೋ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು), ಎಲ್ಲ ಗೊಲ್ಡ್ ಮೆಡಲಿಸ್ಟ್ ಗಳು ಬೇರೆ.

ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಆಫೀಸ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಸೀರಿಯಸ್ಸಾಗಿ ಬರಿತಾ ಕುಳಿತಿದ್ವಿ, ಯಾರೋ ಬೀದಿಲ್ ಬಿದ್ದಿರೋ ಹೆಂಗ್ಸು ಗಲಾಟೆ ಕೇಳಿ

ಸ್ತು, ನಾನು ಹೊರಗಡೆ ಬಂದೆ, ನಮ್ಮ ಆಫೀಸ್ ಪ್ಯೊನ್ ಕರ್ದು, ಎನ್ರಿ ಅದು ಆಕಡೆ ಅಟ್ಟಿ ಆ ಗಲಾಟೆ ಮಾಡ್ತಿರೊ ಹೆಂಗ್ಸ್ ನಾ ಹೊರಗೆ ಕಳ್ಸು ಅಂತ ಹೇಳಿದ್ರಂತೆ, ಆದ್ರೆ ಅ ಹೆಂಗ್ಸು ಹೊಗ್ಲಿಲ್ವಂತೆ ಆಗ ಸ್ಟಾನ್ಲಿ ಅವ್ರು ಬಂದ್ರಂತೆ

enammaa ninna kaShTa, yaake heege namagella toMdare koDtaa ideeyaa aMta vichaarisidraMte. aake, neen En Odiddeeyaa aMta kELidlaMte. ivru, maas kammUnikEshans nalli gOlD meDalisT aMta beegta hELidraMte. aake, neev en maaDtirO nanag gottilla, aadre, nimma mEShTru ninage obba beedil biddaake jote hEg maataD bEku aMtaa hELkoTTilvappa aMtaMlaMte.

iMta jaMgaabala aDagi hOgo praSne kELidaake oMdu hiriya vishvavidhyaanilayadaMte kaMDaraMte.

Though some friends were missing, still it was a good sized gang with lots of nice fun! Bellur and family was the first to arrive, and later joined by Usha, Srik, and later on Divya and Vasuki as well! Hadn’t played carrom for years and soon we got back in form (and out of it again as well) but somehow we managed to play a few boards 🙂 Had some light snacks and later on was joined by Dwaraka as well on his new really cool bicycle. Chaitanya, Prof and Tiger Pran unfortunately could not make it, so also Teacher was missing in action this time on Teacher’s Day! Some of us visited Usha’s house later on before winding up for the day. Though venue was in indoors in the comfort of one of their homes, there was no question of host or guest and it was merely a venue 8) It was a very relaxing evening, and there’s just no substitute in the world for good friends!

MB-05Sep2009

I am sure we all have grown up either listening to his songs, or imitating his dance. Or just reading about and envying him. Here is a wonderful tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. It is composed by a good friend Anand Balaji.

I thought it would be appropriate to publish it on Muktabalaga as a tribute to this legend of our times, just on the verge of his funeral. RIP Michael Jackson!

– SRIK.

“Born to amuse, to inspire, to delight,
Here one day, gone one night;
Like a sunset,
Dying with the rising of the moon;
Gone too soon…”

However, on June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson collapsed at a rented home in Holmby Hills in Los Angeles, and died shortly thereafter leaving a void that nobody can ever fill. His funeral is scheduled to be held on July 7.

@A tribute to MJ by Anand Balaji (First time online after his “greatunknown” blog shut down).
Anand Balaji, had been a Journalist with leading English newspapers in Bangalore, and later worked as a senior copywriter in an ad firm. He was a successful blogger in 2007. He quit his profession to pursue work as a freelance writer. Mukthabalaga wishes him the best in all his endeavours.